Using a traveller to measure a wheel circumference
A wheel in need of repair
Cooling the hot tyre
Dampening the flames
Second tyre being hammered into place
A pile of iron hubs
Drawknife in use
Drawknife in use
Fitting the felloes together
Detail of the wheel
Welding a hub band
Boring a hub with a taper auger
Using a taper auger on a wheel hub
A long job in hand in the wheelwrights shop.
Initial shaping
Laying the wheel on the tyring stand
European style wooden plane in use on a tool handle.
A 12 spoked wheel
A corner of the wheelwrights shop
Drawknife in use shaping
Sawing off the spoke ends
Drawknife in use on the felloes
Newly made wheel awaiting a tyre
Using a rasp
Checking the tyre circumference
Checking the tyre is properly fitted.
Cleaning up
Using a rasp to shape a notch
Using a chipping hammer
Applying a hot tyre
Cleaning up with an angle grinder
A few finishing touches to the second tyre
Shaping with a drawknife
Cleaning up the weld
Tyre nearly in place
Cooling the tyre down
Using a press on the tyre
Fitting the hot tyre
The first stage in shaping
Field gun wheels
Trimming the felloes
An example of wheel making in the past
Using a press on the tyre join
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